Andaru

jmpl|250px|Poto langit ri tatkala ujan andaru.

Andaru inggih punika penampakan jalur ulungne meteoroid ka atmosper gumi, kasub dados kaaranin "bintang ulung" utawi "bintang maalih". Penampakan puniki disebabkan olih panes sané kaasilang olih tekanan ram (nenten olih gesekan, sebagaimana anggapan umum sadurungnyane) ri tatkala meteoroid ngranjing ring atmosper. Meteor sané paling terang, luwih terang wiadin penampakan Planet Venus, dados kaaranin bolide''.

Yening meteoroid nenten telah kabakar ri tatkala ring atmosfer miwah mencapai permukaan bumi, benda sané kahasilang kaaranin meteorit. Meteor yang menabrak bumi atau objek lain dapat membentuk kawah tabrakan.

Pustaka

Pranala jaba 
  Astronomers spot meteor streaking across central Ontario sky - CBC News March 7, 2008
  Meteoroids Page  at NASA's Solar System Exploration
  International Meteor Organization fireball page
  British Astronomical Society fireball page
  A Goddard Space Flight Center Science Question of the Week where the answer mentions that a fireball will cast a shadow. 
  Meteor Showers and Viewing Tips
  Meteor shower predictions 
  Society for Popular Astronomy - Meteor Section 
  Video - Meteor brilliantly lights up sky - and breaks into pieces - Canada - Times Online - November 24, 2008
  How meteor showers were linked to comets
  Science and History of the Perseid Meteor Shower
  -A History of Meteors and Other Atmospheric Phenomena 

Kategori:Meteoroid
Kategori:Fenomena astronomi